icanbenchurcat
Well-Known Member
Have become interested in making a ginger beer plant out of simple ingredients. I put fresh ground ginger in a liter of water with 20 chopped raisins and a little sugar. This went into a 3 liter wine bottle and shaken up. About 3 days later I added more ginger and sugar. 2 days later I put the end of my homemade cider in there (about 20ml of lees).
The intent is to form a colony of lactobacillus and saccharomyces to make ginger ale with.
I see a little haze forming and some white clusters forming on the (now floating) raisins. There has been an airlock, but plenty of room in there to store oxygen. I see a little activity on the airlock now, and I am thinking my expire kent is going well so far.
Anyone else try something similar? What is a good way to culture lacto?
The intent is to form a colony of lactobacillus and saccharomyces to make ginger ale with.
I see a little haze forming and some white clusters forming on the (now floating) raisins. There has been an airlock, but plenty of room in there to store oxygen. I see a little activity on the airlock now, and I am thinking my expire kent is going well so far.
Anyone else try something similar? What is a good way to culture lacto?